Trustees Appoint Jarrett Stein
to New Post
The new school year will bring about something old and something new for Jarrett Stein. Huntington School Board members appointed the veteran administrator as the district director of school safety and alternative educational programs during an early morning meeting on Wednesday. Last year he served as the acting principal of Woodhull Intermediate School.
Mr. Stein will work out of an office located in Huntington High School, where he was previously an assistant principal prior to taking the helm at Woodhull. While it saddens him to leave Woodhull and the students and parents he grew close to, Mr. Stein said it is “exciting to take on new responsibilities and challenges.”
On the first day of school, students can expect to see Mr. Stein out and about at not only the high school but at other buildings in the district, too. He’ll be working closely with members of the security staff as well as fellow administrators, teachers and students. Among his new responsibilities will be the supervision of the current alternative/after school high school program. He is also charged with developing and making recommendations to the superintendent for a full day alternative high school program.
While the new post encompasses many of Mr. Stein’s professional interests, leaving Woodhull isn’t easy. “The Woodhull School community is a special one and I will always be grateful for the way the students, parents, faculty and staff welcomed me last year,” Mr. Stein said. “It’s a great school and one which the community can be proud of.”
Moving into the Woodhull principal’s office will be Mary Stokkers, who had been the longtime principal of Jack Abrams Intermediate School. An elementary grade level reconfiguration approved by trustees on July 6 moved students out of Jack Abrams School for the 2010/11 school year, thus necessitating an administrative shuffling.
While Mr. Stein will not be returning to his high school assistant principal’s job, he will be regularly seeing many familiar faces as he walks through the hallways there each day. Since he was at Woodhull for only one year, many of the current high school students and most of the faculty and staff still know him well and he is happy to renew those relationships.
Prior to coming to the district, Mr. Stein worked as an administrative assistant in the Hicksville school district, as a school psychologist in the Massapequa and Sachem school districts and in the BOCES system, as a teacher assistant in Massapequa, Commack, Half Hollow Hills and BOCES and as a group leader and director of several summer camps. He has also served as the Amagansett school district’s director of student support services.
Mr. Stein earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University and obtained a Master of Science degree in school psychology at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus in 1996. He studied for his state administrative certification at Dowling College.
At Huntington High School, Mr. Stein created and supervised a freshman turn-around program for general education students. He served as a Western Suffolk BOCES regional summer school principal from 2004 through 2009.
A contributing writer to the book, The Circle of Character and Conduct, Mr. Stein won the New Jersey Pitcher of the Year Award and earned a New Jersey Metropolitan Athletic Award. He completed his school psychologist practicum in Massapequa.
In his new position, Mr. Stein will tackle the following responsibilities:
- Supervise the current alternative/after school high school program.
- Develop and make recommendations to the superintendent for an alternative high school full day program.
- Develop and make recommendations to the superintendent for an evening high school program to provide for credit recovery.
- Develop a plan to implement a program to provide alternative education for students on suspension.
- Investigate the possibility of a bilingual GED Program.
- Coordinate, supervise and oversee home schooling district-wide.
- Provide overall supervision and coordination of district-wide school safety.
- Oversee school safety, security, and emergency preparedness.
- Supervise, train, and assign district security personnel.
- Assist in the developing and implementation of the district-wide school safety plan.
- Serve as district community relations liaison.
- Work closely with Suffolk County and Town of Huntington personnel, community groups, parents, staff and students to establish and maintain positive community relations.
- Investigate community programs to strengthen community awareness, participation and develop greater community/school collaboration.
- Work cooperatively with administrators, teachers and support staff.
- Supervise and evaluate instructional and non-instructional staff.
- Interview and recommend prospective instructional and non-instructional staff as openings occur.
- Develop annual school/department objectives.
- Analyze student achievement data and prepare reports to plan for curriculum needs.
- Coordinate staff development and the orientation of new staff.
- Conduct department meetings and attend periodic after-school meetings.
- Coordinate the school activities with other district schools and departments.
- Work with and be available for parents and students as needed.
- Implement the policies of the Board of Education, the regulations and directives of the superintendent and existing employees’ contracts.
- Serve in an advisory capacity on the coordination of activities of the school system.
- As directed by the superintendent, investigate and develop school programs and curriculum initiatives to address student needs.
- Other duties as assigned by the superintendent or his designee.
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